No. 8,326 in German
kadewe
"KaDeWe" stands for "Kaufhaus des Westens," a famous department store in Berlin, Germany.
In a sentence
Ich war gestern im KaDeWe einkaufen.
I went shopping at KaDeWe yesterday.
Here, 'KaDeWe' is used as a proper noun, referring to the specific department store in Berlin.
Das KaDeWe gehört zu den bekanntesten Kaufhäusern in Deutschland.
The KaDeWe is one of the most famous department stores in Germany.
In this context, 'KaDeWe' is used to describe the entity of the department store in a more general sense.
Hast du schon einmal das Schaufenster des KaDeWe gesehen?
Have you ever seen the shop window of KaDeWe?
Here, 'KaDeWe' refers to the physical location as part of the context of observing its features.
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